Stuart Fitzgibbon

Gufo (Declaration of War-Floy, by Petionville), a Grade I winner at three, four, and five, is relocating from Ballycroy Bloodstock in Ontario to Darby Dan Farm for the 2025 breeding season. Gufo will stand the upcoming breeding season for $5,000 S&N. Incentives will be available for qualified mares. Gufo, who stood his first season at stud this year, will welcome first foals in 2025. He is owned by Dr. John Little, who co-bred the multi-millionaire in partnership with longtime friend Dr. Stephen Cainelli. The latter campaigned Gufo under the nom...

Blazing Sevens (Good Magic), a Grade I winner and 'TDN Rising Star' at two, is available for inspection at Darby Dan where the new sire will stand the upcoming breeding season for $12,500 LFSN, the farm said in a Wednesday release. As a juvenile, the colt won the GI Champagne Stakes and at three was the runner-up in the GI Preakness Stakes. Blazing Sevens is out of the winning Warrior's Reward mare Trophy Girl, a half-sister to Grade I winner King David and stakes winner Bertsgoldenmissile. Bred in Kentucky by...

After his racing career is complete this year, Blazing Sevens (Good Magic), the winner of the GI Champagne Stakes at two and the runner-up in the GI Preakness Stakes, will stand at Darby Dan for 2025, the farm said via a press release on Thursday. A stud fee for the 'TDN Rising Star' and future stallion will be named before the year is out and plans are being finalized syndicate him. Peter Bradley, bloodstock advisor for owner Rodeo Creek Racing, brokered the deal to stand the son of Good Magic...

The Gerry Dilger Foundation invites applications by July 15 aimed at recent graduates from Ireland who would like to gain valuable experience in a year-long job posting at a prominent Lexington farm like Springhouse or Hunter Valley. Application Requirements: Recent Graduate from: University of Limerick, University College Dublin, the Irish National Stud, CAFRE Enniskillen, or Kildalton Agriculure College Bachelor's degree in equine science or other related equine program completion Able to commit to a one-year period from Jan. 2, 2024--Dec. 15, 2024   The Scholarship provides: Round trip airfare for...

Dialed In, whose half-dozen stakes winners this season include GI Awesome Again S. victor Defunded, tops a list of 14 stallions that will stand in 2023 at Darby Dan Farm. The 14-year-old son of Mineshaft will command a fee of $15,000, unchanged from 2022. The champion freshman sire of 2016 and reliably among the top sires, Dialed In has also been represented by stakes winners Mr. Wireless, Erase and Gambling Girl as well as Grade I-placed Get Her Number. Dialed In has sired one Grade I winner in each of...

Stuart Fitzgibbon has been named Stallion Director of Darby Dan Farm. He previously served as stallion seasons sales manager at Ashford Stud and Coolmore, and as general manager, commercial, at Castleton Lyons. "I am delighted to be joining the team at Darby Dan headed by John Phillips," Fitzgibbon said. "Darby Dan has a very celebrated history in the world of bloodstock racing and breeding and continues to offer breeders stallions the caliber of Dialed In and Tapiture that are proven on the track. It's an exciting time to become a...

Stuart Fitzgibbon, formerly with Castleton Lyons in Central Kentucky, has been appointed director of sales and client development for the new U.S. division of Open Nutrition. The horse supplement company specializes in all-natural amino acid-based products and has products ranging from joint supplements to performance and recovery supplements, as well as others. Open Nutrition founder Julian Norrish initially developed the supplements in Australia and the United Arab Emirates. "When I met Julian it was clearly evident through his enthusiasm, knowledge, and expertise of amino acids science that Open Nutrition's products...